Sylvia Fowles will forever be remembered as a basketball icon. If you ever decide to recite Fowles’ career achievements, you might want to take a few extra breaths.
A WNBA MVP. Two WNBA titles. Two WNBA Finals MVPs. (Takes a breath) Eight All-Star selections. Four Defensive Player of the Year awards. (Takes another breath) The only player in WNBA history to record at least 4,000 rebounds (!).
Suffice to say, Fowles created a lot of memories over her legendary 15-year career. Her final game, with the Lynx taking on the Sun (-6) Sunday, was bound to be emotional. And when the all-time great center stepped off the court for the final time in the closing moments, the hometown Connecticut crowd honored Fowles with a touching standing ovation:
.@SylviaFowles checks out for the final time in her WNBA career for the @minnesotalynx at Mohegan Sun Arena where she gets a standing ovation 💐
Thank you for everything Syl 🧡 pic.twitter.com/Y4atmTLgOZ
— WNBA (@WNBA) August 14, 2022
Sylvia Fowles checks out to a standing ovation in Connecticut pic.twitter.com/83iybt4TI8
— CJ Fogler AKA Perc70 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) August 14, 2022
Oh wow. Look at that emotional outpouring from Fowles’ teammates. Just listen to the roar of that crowd that does not wain whatsoever. A fitting tribute to one of the best ever as she hangs her sneakers up. Someone, please stop cutting onions!
Basketball fans were so emotional seeing Fowles get a standing ovation in her last game
— Lynetta Kizer (@Lkizer12) August 14, 2022
Quite a moment! https://t.co/FQCatNYc8L
— 🄿🅄🅁🄿🄻🄴 🄱🄸🆉🄾🄽 🅂🄿🄾🅁🅃🅂 (@ThePurpleBizon) August 14, 2022
GOAT. https://t.co/GVsLZQcReU
— lioness szn july.26 (@charmdiddy) August 14, 2022
— Liv 🇨🇦 (@fuzzyflyinbunny) August 14, 2022
Salute and respect https://t.co/WKpjRDvg47
— Vax Julien (@Bthomp20) August 14, 2022
If this doesn’t start the water works.
Also watching @CourtMWilliams tell the crowd to get louder for @SylviaFowles was 🧡🧡🧡🧡 https://t.co/x8Jl1S8EzW
— WinsidrAryeh (@WinsidrAryeh) August 14, 2022
#ThankYouSylvia 🥰💐🏀 https://t.co/T8nGzOUsYJ
— Idil Ismail 📖 (@skittlesg101) August 14, 2022
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 https://t.co/6zihWkWVgQ
— LightsOWT (@CinderellaMan3_) August 14, 2022
— Brittney Elena💖 (@BrittneyElena_) August 14, 2022
how could you not cry. like frfr. https://t.co/NPRZHUxBRe
— ♐︎☉☿♂ (@ddm91) August 14, 2022
I was not prepared to be crying today but here we are 🧍🏻 https://t.co/YaHrftUJme
— Kai (@davidsonpress) August 14, 2022
A legend 🥺 https://t.co/6LEd75p7QD
— Sydney (@sydder24) August 14, 2022
Breaks my 💙💚 heart. https://t.co/MliJlPCvZo
— Melissa Martz (@melissakmartz) August 14, 2022
A legend!!! The game will miss you! https://t.co/qqOJ5dblAn
— Carmine Falcone (@BWright1_) August 14, 2022
A legend #ThankYouSylvia https://t.co/K9TGblCZxI
— Lauren Gist (@lmgist) August 14, 2022
